I mentioned ‘Big fat Gypsy Wedding’ to Katie at No Missed Opportunities the other day. This documentary is taking the UK by storm at the moment. It is a thing of wonder and has to be seen.
Channel 4 has followed a bunch of ‘Travellers’ (no, not Pikeys – show some respect), aiming to ahem dispel some myths about their culture. The method they have chosen to dispel these rumours is to let the Gypsies speak for themselves and tell you how nice they really are, while the camera backs this up with pictures – sort of!
Maybe they used the wrong camera.
You get to see the craziness of the weddings, as the 16 year old bride desperately tries to walk in the most ridiculously crass outfits you have ever seen. They repeatedly tell you how moral and chaste they are while dressing like thuppenny whores from the age of 6 onwards.
I love this programme. It is quality television.
I was in tears watching the wedding of Sam, who is an outsider – born from an ahem normal family, marrying her Traveller husband. The travellers were appalled and shocked at how rough her family was. The mother of the bride’s fake tan hid her inner beauty so well that well – let’s just say I couldn’t see it. I loved the moment before the wedding as this ‘lady’ revealed how she had jazzed up her outfit with accessories, after seeing her daughter’s 21 stone (133 kilo) wedding dress festooned with fairy lights, and getting jealous. Stuffing Sam into Jordan’s fairy carriage outside their Council house, was just plain comedy gold.
I am totally against racism in all its forms – but come on? If you can’t laugh at a bunch of pikeys telling the camera how they would never ever swear in front of people, what would be the point of living?
The heart strings were pulled a little as they desperately tried to stop their homes being bulldozed by saying “How can they do this to children?” Pointing at a bunch of 6 year olds dressed up as Lady GaGa. I know ‘moving them on’ is no real answer and I do feel for them, BUT…
They still do have to conform to the same laws we do – no matter what culture they may be.
There does need to be more tolerance on both sides of the coin, their culture is valid and real and absolutely deserves to be lived, I do not pretend to know the answer.
I just know funny when I see it…
I couldn’t find a Youtube embed code but you can see a clip here to give you a taster http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGSx87QbGsY
15 comments:
I think I might just run off and join that party... I'm about to inherit a small '69 RV that will fit in perfectly.
I can not wait to see this!!
Ok, so I just returned from watching that link (TWICE) and all I have to say is this: I am officially back on to watching television. I would be totally addicted to this show.
Calling the cable company RIGHT NOW.
We don't get that over here in Oz, sounds fantastic! There is nothing like a bit of trash TV!!!!
This is right up my alley.
My goodness...that sounds like reality TV gone WILD. Fun too. Love wedding shows.
Scary.
I watched a show last week about Britain's youngest brides. One lass couldn't walk properly her dress was so huge.... as for the classy way she dove into the limo, legs a kimbo... I'm sure her parents must have died of pride.
That sounds like a show I would love to watch!
BLimey. I don't think I've ever seen anything quite like that before.
Oooooh thanks for the link - this is definitely my kind of programme!!! x
Hi Glen, my wife is an avid viewer of this programme. I sit there pretending to read the paper while it's on :-)
I believe we are singing from the same song sheet viz a vi dressing like whores...
I kept wondering why doesn't that vicar just tell her to come back when she is not flashing her you know what at me...
If they are travellers, why do they always moan when the police move them on?
Glen
I neeeeed to see more.
I was called about working as a sound recordist on this at the weddings because the girls are so young they wanted a female crew.
Quite frankly some of the 6 year olds dress in a way that is older than the way I dress so I'm not sure it would have been necessary!
Rapunzel x
It truly is a marvel of the modern age... Rapunzel - I forgot you are in the biz... You should have gone for it, what a laugh
I worked in a store where gypsys frequented on a daily basis. Let's just say, it was interesting.
I am glad I don't get this show because I would be watching it and commenting. I'm in enough trouble already.
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